Miss International 2021

Miss International 2021, will be the 60th anniversary of the Miss International pageant, to be held in October, 2021 at Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan. Sireethorn Leearamwat of Thailand will crown her successor at the end of the event. This will be the second time the pageant has been cancelled since 1966.[1]

Miss International 2021
Pacifico Yokohama will be the venue of the 60th Miss International
DateOctober, 2021[1]
VenuePacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan
Returns

In 2020, the Miss International organization decided to change the age limit from 27 to 30 years old.

Background
Yokohama at night, the host city of Miss International 2021

On January 22, 2020, the Miss International organization announced that the 2020 pageant would be held on October 21, 2020 in Tokyo Dome City Hall, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, while the contestants will spend some days in Yokohama. Later on, it was revealed that the 60th anniversary of Miss International will be entirely hosted by the city of Yokohama due to Tokyo being hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual 2020 competition was cancelled, making the second time in the pageant's history has ever cancelled, the first was in 1966 when Long Beach, United States had decided to discontinue the pageant permanently. With the final gala will be held in October 2021 at Pacifico Yokohama, a few months after the now-rescheduled Olympics.[1]

Contestants

As of 17 August 2020, 18 contestants have been selected.

Country/TerritoryDelegateAgeHometownContinental Group
Cook IslandsEmma Tepaeru Kainuku-Walsh[2]26AitutakiOceania
ColombiaMaría Fernanda Aristizábal23QuindíoAmericas
Costa RicaMahyla Roth Benavides[3]21CahuitaAmericas
Czech RepublicNatálie Bispékh Kočendová20KarvináEurope
El SalvadorIris Yazmín Guerra-Rivera[4]24Santa AnaAmericas
GuamFranky Lynn Aguon Hill[5]21Chalan Pago-OrdotOceania
HondurasGabriela Irías Paz-Morgan22TegucigalpaAmericas
IndonesiaAyu Saraswati[6][7]23DenpasarAsia
JapanChiho Terauchi[8]26TochigiAsia
MacauDinelle Wong Jialat[9]23CotaiAsia
MaltaNicole Gumira Agius[10]25Città VictoriaEurope
MauritiusAvakancut Memero[11]24Port LouisAfrica
MexicoYuridia Durán[12]22AhuacatlánAmericas
NicaraguaSherly EsmeraldaCasco18JinotegaAmericas
NigeriaPrecious Ngaceng Obisoso24SokotoAfrica
Slovak RepublicViktória Podmanická18Banská BystricaEurope
United StatesMaritsa Sundall Platis19South CarolinaAmericas
UruguayBetina-Birahi Margni Vilas[13]22MontevideoAmericas

Upcoming national pageants

Several national pageants have been rescheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic for further notice.

Country Date
 Canada August 17, 2020[14]
 Finland August 25, 2020[15]
 Uganda August 29, 2020
 Dominican Republic September 5, 2020
 Norway September 19, 2020[16]
 Venezuela September 24, 2020[17]
 Sweden September 29, 2020[18]
 Ecuador September, 2020[19]
 Portugal October 3, 2020[20]
 Vietnam December, 2020[21]
 Seychelles June 17, 2021[22]

Notes

Returns

Last competed in 1995:

Last competed in 1999:

Last competed in 2003:

Last competed in 2017:

Last competed in 2018:

Crossovers

These are the contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:

Reinado Internacional del Café
Reina Hispanoamericana
Miss Charm

References
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  2. "Miss Cook Islands: Earthy Emma Tepaeru to honour Grandie". cookislandsnews.com. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  3. "Miss Costa Rica 2019 Winners". cookislandsnews.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  4. "Costa Maya Festival presents: Miss El Salvador, Iris Yazmin Guerra". sanpedrosun.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  5. "Miss Universe Guam 2019 pageant". postguam.com. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  6. "Putu Ayu Saraswati élue Miss International Indonésie 2020". missitems.be. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  7. "Putu Ayu Saraswati crowned Miss International Indonesia 2020". beautypageants.indiatimes.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  8. "Chiho Terauchi crowned Miss International Japan 2020". Jiji.Com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  9. "Dinelle Wong crowned Miss International Macau 2020". Miss India Beauty Pageants. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  10. "MISS REPUBLIC OF MALTA 2020 - Nicole Agius". Miss Malta. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  11. "Angélique Sanson est la nouvelle Miss Mauritius". inside.news.
  12. "Mexicana Internacional 2020 title for Yuridia Durán". Imperium Miss. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  13. "Betina Margni Vilas es Miss International Uruguay 2019" (in Spanish). Perubeauties.org. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  14. "Miss Universe Canada 2020 will be new and improved!". Miss Universe Canada. May 15, 2019.
  15. "Nyt voi hakea Miss Suomi -kisaan – Valintaprosessista tehdään tv-ohjelma" (in Finnish). KSML. 20 December 2019.
  16. "Road to Miss Norway 2020 (2020 in the summer)" (in Norwegian). missnorway. February 17, 2020.
  17. "Miss Venezuela 2020 se elegirá el 24 de septiembre". El Universal. June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  18. "Final September 29 at Café Opera is completed!". Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  19. "Miss Ecuador 2020". Miss Ecuador. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  20. "Miss International Portugal 2020 Organização Miss Portuguesa". Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  21. "Lùi thời gian tổ chức Hoa hậu Việt Nam 2020" (in Vietnamese). 4 August 2020.
  22. "Miss Seychelles 2020 is back!". Miss National Seychelles. May 15, 2019.
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